Our Lady Of Geek

As Geeky Women (and women and geeks), I truly believe that we need Woman role-models. So often in the media we love, women are pushed to the sideline, used to develop the main male protagonist or even worse, fridged for the same purpose.

But not all women fall into these tropes. Some of these women are funny and strong, independent, born leaders, survivalists, intelligent. They're the star of the show. They make us sit up and take notice. They become our heroes for all sorts of different reasons. They're not perfect and that makes us love them all the more.

HeyMonster took this to the next level and created these Patron Saints of Geekery for us to worship at.

I am in total agreement of his choices.

If I were to add to this awesome list, I would add these wonderful women:

Princess Leia & Katniss Everdeen - Our Ladies of Rebellion

Queen Amidala - Our Lady of Fairness

Princess Peach & Princess Zelda - Our Ladies of Patience

Hermione Granger - Our Lady of Intelligence

Miss Piggy - Our Lady of Attitude

Donna Noble - Our Lady of The Universe

Sailor Moon - Our Lady of Strength

I'm know that there are many, many more women who deserve to be on this list, so please leave a comment and let me know who you would nominate.

Thanks to GeekXGirls who know that all women kick-ass!

UPDATE!!

I just came across these awesome pictures as well by Jska Priebe!!

Geek Nostalgia

nos·tal·gia

[no-stal-juh, -jee-uh, nuh-]  noun

1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.

2. something that elicits or displays nostalgia.

art by Chris Piascik

Yeah, that kind of sums up what being a geek is all about. We find things that we love; movies, TV-shows, books from our pasts, and we reminisce about why we love it. We have all sorts of mediums in which we can do this; reading or writing blogs about it, writing fanficton, cosplaying, going to conventions, or in this case, fanart.

  Patrick Ballesteros brings us nostalgia in two different ways in his art collection entitled Nostalgia

Not only does he make us feel nostalgic with pop culture references, but also with the innocence and imagination of childhood.

Batman's Rouges Gallery

Ah, brain freeze... I don't feel quiet nostalgic for that.

Super Ladies

You go Batgirl! Kick her ass!

I love Storm's Wolverine doll. I kinda want to make one for myself

Doctor Who

Tiny weeping angels are perhaps more terrifying than full grown ones. I'm more nostalgic for the 10th Doctor, but 11 had some good moments too. I'm sure in years to come, I'll remember him fondly, too.

 Harry Potter

Harry Potter nostalgia is already pretty prevalent, but taking them back to a much younger age gives it new meaning.

The Walking Dead

Did you ever play zombies as a kid?  Cops and robbers? That's what this picture reminds me of.

I love that the parents have the morning "zombie" blahs. I know what that's like now.
I also love that Carl has a target on his back. Very fitting.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Oh no! Adorable Shredder has beaten them to Miss O'Neill!

Firefly

Shopping cart or abandoned car, I'd take the Serenity anywhere with these little misbehaving ragamuffins

The Princess Bride

I love the grampa snowman off to the side! Super cute!

Masters Of The Universe

Mrs. Teela Na looks exasperated with these little hooligans. Who can blame her? That little Skeletor looks like trouble. But look how cute Battle Kitten is!

Star Wars

What's not to love about this picture; cute little Leia playing with a tiny Chewy, Lando and Boba Fett hanging out, hocky troopers, the signs in the background all fitting together or maybe even Irvin Kershner off to the side... Love it!!

Lord Of The Rings

It's true, Gandalf would make a really good crossing guard. Although, he is letting that balrog pass...

Bruce Lee

That's one kid you don't want to pick a fight with or it's off to the principal's office for everyone

X-Men

When you're a kid, old people are weird. It doesn't matter what they're doing. This probably would've been more entertaining than watching them play cards or knit.

I love Kitty's sign that says "I (heart) Gramma Jean". 

Planning of Indiana Jones

Sidewalk chalk was always fun. Heck, it's still fun! I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Spielberg and Lucas use to draw all kinds of crazy pictures on the sidewalk. I like the cute little nods to them; Lucas with the whip and Droids and Spielberg with his shark, UFO and dinosaur.

So how was that trip down memory lane? Feeling better? Feeling sad? It's ok, that's what nostalgia is all about.

So, what pop culture icons tweak your nostalgia? Let me know so that I can look back at this post fondly ;)

Talk Geeky To Me

Talk Star Wars To Me

It's Sexy

Now, you all know by now that that's my motto.

Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks that way.

I've been perusing Red Bubble as of late and I came across Trekvix (which is an awesome name, btw)

Trekvix, also, seems to believe in geek love. And I love her for it.

She's offering a fabulous selection of t-shirts that she calls Geek Talk

Now do you see why I'm so excited? These are fantastic!!! I want all of them! Well, most of them. Some of them aren't my fandom, but I'm soooo glad that she covers all sorts of fandoms for all sorts of different geeks! Maybe I can talk her into making me a Star Wars one ;)

As I always say; get out there and talk geeky to someone

SDCC Kisses for Charity

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to kiss one of these men; Nathan Fillion, Zachary Levi or Adam Baldwin, in your geeky dreams? Do your dreams ever go as far as to wondered what it would be like to see them kiss each other?

Well, wonder no more and thank your lucky stars for Melanie Bolen.

Yes, you saw that, now go back and watch it again and again and again like I know you want to. I'll wait...

Yes, Melanie Bolen is the girl who started it all by donating $1000 to Zachary Levi's charity NerdHQ and getting that first kiss that spiraled so sweetly out of control.

Here's what she has to say about what happened.

While at Comic Con in San Diego this past weekend (SDCC), I spent a lot of time at NerdHQ (www.thenerdmachine.com).  NerdHQ was an off-site venue having it's second year in a row... the brainchild of actor Zachary Levi (star of the show "Chuck").  The basis behind NerdHQ was that it was a place for nerds to hang out, have small intimate panels (known as "Conversations For A Cause"), and raise money for charity (specifically the charity Operation Smile... check them out at www.operationsmile.org and consider donating, por favor).  I spent most of my time there because of the atmosphere, the people, and the amazing energy and heart that came out of that place.  Throughout the weekend there were various ways to donate for charity.
While back in my hotel on Thursday (after having run The Walking Dead Escape) I saw a tweet where someone posted that for $20 you can get a photobooth picture with Zachary Levi, for $100 a kiss on the cheek, and for $1000 a kiss on the lips.  I wasn't sure if they were joking or not (heh), because they were tweeting from the NerdHQ party (which I didn't make it to, darn it) and could've been intoxicated, hahah.  Well, I've always been someone who believes that when a gauntlet is thrown down, you should totally pick it up, and in this case it was like the hammer of Thor had been thrown down.  Now, before you call me a "pervy fan girl", I'm not a weird troll who's scoured the internet simply because I think that Zachary Levi is "hot," or "sexy," or even "HAWT" (though he is a very attractive and totally adorable man), nor do I have the inside of my locker covered in his photos (well, I don't have a locker, but still).  I just think that he's an overall amazing person who uses his fame in all the right ways and I highly respect and admire him (and, let's face it... he's an awesome fellow nerd, and I love nerds... and he said in panel that his favorite X-Man is Gambit.  Um, POINTS!).  It's not just looks that make him an amazing person in my eyes, it's everything he believes in and stands for, not to mention talent, because that's how I choose to continue working on living my life as well.
Anyways, back to the story... I went back to NerdHQ determined to find out if this was real.  I'm at a place in life where donating an amount like that is doable for me (please, I am NOT taking sugar mama applications, sorry, hah), and I also believe heavily in giving back because I've been given so much in life to be grateful for.  I showed up there and asked around as to when the next photobooth would be happening, but people didn't seem to know.  I hung out a while, and was about to leave, but I decided to ask one more person.  I walked up to a guy who looked important (and, well, he was) and asked him.  I told him why, and I asked if it'd be possible to just drop off the donation money then so that I wouldn't be carrying it around and then I could come back for the photobooth when it was happening.  He said, "You have the cash on you right now?"  I said, "Yes."  He then told me to hold on a minute and he walked away.  When he came back he grabbed my hand and started walking me towards the back and said, "You're going on stage."  BZAH!?
Well, it turns out I had asked the producer, and it just so happened that a Conversation panel with Nathan Fillion was about to end.  Anyways, you've seen the rest, pretty much, if you watched that video (and the hilarity that both Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin brought to it... THANKS, boys!).  The whole situation was not only a surprise to me, but also to Zachary Levi, because they didn't tell him what was happening (sorry, dude).  What I found most amazing was that when I told friends about it a few hours later they said, "That was YOU!?  I heard about that!!!"  HUH?  Well, ok, then...
The whole experience turned out much greater and more hilarious than I ever could've imagined.  So, thank you NerdHQ, thank you Zachary, and thank you Jeff (the producer), for giving me quite the memory and story... I see thousands of people online have enjoyed it as well. - Melanie Bolen

What a lucky duck! I would've happily been in her shoes for those few precious seconds, but then she deserves all the glory for being such an amazing sport and donating to a worthy cause.

Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you and all you spawned, and also to those great people who caught it on film.

Enjoy!